Boston’s COVID cases, hospitalizations and wastewater keeps falling, as state health officials on Thursday also reported a dip in new virus cases and declining hospitalizations.
In the city, the number of new COVID cases has decreased 17% over the past week, and virus hospitalizations have gone down 12%.
The seven-day average of new virus cases is now 3.1 cases per 100,000, and Boston hospitals reported a weekly count of 95 new hospital admissions.
Data from the Boston Public Health Commission’s wastewater surveillance program shows that the number of COVID particles in the wastewater declined 21% over the past week.
On Thursday, the state Department of Public Health reported 2,023 virus cases over the last week. The daily average of 289 COVID cases from the last week was a dip from the daily rate of 297 virus infections during the previous week.
The Bay State’s positive test average decreased again last week. The seven-day positive test rate is now 3.63%, down from 4.02% last week.
The state Department of Public Health on Thursday also reported that 315 total patients are hospitalized with COVID, which is a drop of 53 patients from this time last week.
The state reported 59 new COVID deaths over the past week, bringing the state’s total to 24,507 recorded deaths since the start of the pandemic. The daily average of deaths is now six, which had been up in recent months.
More than 5.6 million people in the state have been fully vaccinated, and more than 3.5 million people have received at least one booster dose. Also, the state reported that more than 1.6 million additional booster doses have been administered.
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